Thirteen current and former PRstore Inc. franchisees have accused the company’s partners of fraud and racketeering in a federal lawsuit. And they’ll likely seek more than $6 million in damages.
The PRstore is a marketing-services business Mike and Kathy Butler founded here in 2001. It targets small companies as clients, offering to provide them with marketing materials and public-relations services. It has franchise locations in 22 cities.
The suit names the Butlers and Daniel Fragen, PRstore chief executive, as defendants. The three are partners in PRS Franchise Systems, also a defendant and the franchising agent for PRstore.The suit contends they used PRS Franchise Systems to fleece franchisees.
